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Game Dev Digest Issue #281 - Indie Devs, Tools, News and more
This article was originally published on GameDevDigest.comEnjoy!Epic Games to launch webshops for developers - Publisher also announces change in revenue share the Epic Game Store, with developers paying a 0% share for the first $1 million per app per yeargamesindustry.bizUsing the audio mixer in Unity - While playing your game, you might notice that the sounds are a little out of whack. For example, the music is a bit too loud, the death sounds are a tad too soft and the bullets are lacking pizzazz!jezner.comCrafting a Paraboloid Camera Controller - While playing Baldur's Gate 3, I was struck by how smooth the camera movement felt, especially during exploration and combat.dee-dee-r.itch.ioPress Bible - Press/streamer contacts spreadsheetdocs.google.comHow Halo on Xbox Scaled to 10+ Million Players using the Saga Pattern - Engineers must find new ways to coordinate operations across multiple independent systems to tackle these issues. One powerful pattern for solving this problem is the Saga Pattern, a technique originally proposed in the late 1980s but increasingly relevant today. In this article, we’ll look at how the Halo Engineering Team at 343 Game Studio (now Halo Studios) used the Saga pattern to improve the player experience.blog.bytebytego.comHow To Model & Texture An Atmospheric Bathroom Scene With Rich Props - Paola Villegas shares a breakdown of the Abandoned Bathroom Diorama project. She explains in detail the texturing process for various props and discusses skills that help maintain the abandoned atmosphere and balance the scene for visual interest.80.lvCreate scalable and performant UI with UI Toolkit in Unity 6 - We rewrote our previous 2021 LTS UI e-book from the ground up; this new edition focuses solely on UI Toolkit features, with new sections covering Unity 6 capabilities like data binding, localization, and custom controls.UnityVideosHow Custom Project Templates Changed My Unity Workflow - Using Custom Project Templates in Unity speeds up project initialization by decompressing and modifying built-in Unity Hub templates with custom packages, assets, and settings, ensuring quick and consistent setups across Unity versions. Building upon last year's fully scripted approach, the template method simplifies repetitive tasks, while scripts remain useful for selectively importing specialized assets.git-amendShader Graph Technical Overview with @BenCloward - Unity's Ben Cloward wants to show you Shader Graph's most underutilized learning and development tools and give you some tips to grow your technical skills.UnityTurning game dev failure into success w/ @sonderingemily (lily's world XD) - Join Emily Pitcher as she shares insights into learning by failing, playing to your strengths, turning your game ambitions into something people actually want to play and using social media to test your game conceptsUnityHow Small Can a Unity Game Be? - when you really try, how small can a game made in unity actually be?TheShelfmanBlue Prince: Can a random puzzle game actually work? - Blue Prince is a curious mix of genres: part adventure game, part deck-building roguelike. But do those two ingredients mix?Game Maker's ToolkitHow Wind Waker Builds Its Water Materials - Wind Waker’s water looks simple, because it isDooge10+ Years of Indie Dev Resilience – Knowledge Share w/ Jake Birkett, Shawn A Allen & Sam Read-Graves - Today we're hosting not one but three games industry legends! Join Jake Birkett (Grey Alien Games), Shawn Alexander Allen (Nuchallenger), Sam Read-Graves (ReadGraves) and our very own Dan Thomas for a chat on indie resilience, the challenges of long-term development and what running an independent studio for 10+ years feels like!IMPRESS // Ashley GwinnellDear Creatives, I Bet You Can Relate. Let's fix it! - Creative people tend to juggle way too many projects at once. How do you choose which projects to prioritize and work on? How many projects should you have and how much is too much? Let's figure it out.Jonas TyrollerBEEF -- The Programming Language for Game Developers - The Beef programming language is a hybrid between C# and C++ that was specially designed for game programmers. Created and developed by one of the founders of Pop Cap games using all the lessons learned after a career of game development.GamefromscratchAssetsUnlock Pro 3D Modeling Skills With Blender - Software Bundle - Unlock awesome 3D tools for Blender__The Supreme Unity & Unreal Game Dev Bundle - Unrivaled assets for Unity & UnrealDive into an asset collection that offers the widest range of stylized towns, buildings, and more with The Supreme Unreal & Unity Game Dev Bundle! Save time and money by accessing this library of 50+ asset sets, ranging from medieval Viking villages to deserted military outposts—specific standouts include Whispering Grove Environment and Asian Dynasty Environment. Get the assets you need to help bring your game to life, and help support the charity of your choice with your purchase!Humble Bundle AffiliateUXR.QuestCamera - A Unity package to use the new Meta Quest Passthrough Camera API.Uralstech Open SourceMinis - Minis: MIDI input extension for Unity Input Systemkeijiro Open SourceUnityGridLevelEditor - Grid Level Editor - A powerful, fully customized level editor made in Unity using Odin Inspector. Built to quickly prototype and manage grid-based levels both in the editor and at runtime.SinlessDevil Open SourceLoopScrollRect - These scripts will make your UGUI ScrollRect reusing cells, to improve performance, loading time and draw calls.qiankanglai Open SourceFAB.com Free Assets - Military Training Facility, Wood Monster, Modular Dungeon Collectionfab.comLatteLib - A collection of useful Unity resources for developers who want to avoid reinventing the wheel.efeurun Open Sourceusyrup - A runtime dependency injection framework for the Unity Game Engine!Jeffan207 Open SourceScene-View-Picker - Unity extension that lets you assign any Object field by choosing it from the scene view.RoyTheunissen Open SourceGPU-Spline-Deformation - Baking spline deformation to a texture then applying it to a mesh via a shader.RoyTheunissen Open SourceFairyGUI-unity - A flexible UI framework for Unityfairygui Open SourceDLSS-Support-For-Unity-3D - This project help to enable DLSS support in unity 3D. It also support URP and HDRP pipelines And frame generation and frame upscaling features that provided by Nvidia that you can use in your unity project .InboraStudio Open SourceOneJS - OneJS lets you tap into the full JavaScript ecosystem right inside Unity, so you can build fast, modern UIs with live reload and no browser bloat.Singtaa Open SourceUnity-CI-Templates - Unity CI/CD pipeline with multi-platform builds, releases, and deploysAvalin Open SourceShop up to 50% off LAYERLAB - Publisher Sale - LayerLab is a studio with over 10 years of experience in creating high-quality GUI and game art assets. Through intuitive UX design and distinctive assets, we help Unity developers complete creative games quickly and easily. From mobile game interfaces to 3D models, we offer a wide range of high-quality art resources that streamline the development process, allowing developers to focus on core gameplay and content development. PLUS get 4416 RPG Icons Pixel Art for FREE with code LAYERLAB2025Unity AffiliateComplete 2D Game Assets Bundle - Retro inspired assets for a new age. Add retro vibes to your next game project with our all-new 2D game asset bundle by ElvGames! Choose from 75+ collections of unique and exciting game assets for use in Unity, Unreal, and other popular development engines. This high-quality collection features environments, characters, meshes, models, animations, and more in a variety of styles ranging from cute to horrific. Get the assets you need to help bring your game to life, and help support the Prevent Cancer Foundation with your purchase!Humble Bundle AffiliateSpotlightSavara - In this colorful action roguelite, participate in the festivities organized for the pleasure of the warrior god. Equip your best weapons, prove your valor against powerful monsters, and permanently engrave your name in history![You can get it on Steam]Doryah GamesMy game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on SteamYou can subscribe to the free weekly newsletter on GameDevDigest.comThis post includes affiliate links; I may receive compensation if you purchase products or services from the different links provided in this article.
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